Instruction on Ultimate Point of Mind

An Instruction on the Ultimate Point of Mind[1]

by Mipham Rinpoche

I bow before the Mañjughoṣa Guru, the unmatched protector.

Listen well, friends with unfeigned intention,[2]
As I explain three crucial points of the unexcelled path.

Rest serenely in an experience of unaltered mind;
Rely on basic mindfulness, undistracted therefrom.
When the children pray with unadulterated faith
To the line of vidyādharas, the unrivalled fathers,
Their hearts are pierced by unparalleled blessings
Of the ultimate realization of the unborn sphere.

As you take to heart the undescribable condition
In the naked directness of the unfabricated mind,
And there dawns meditation of undoubting confidence,
You have mastered awareness of the unobscured nature.
No matter what thoughts arise as its unrestricted expression,
In a state of awareness—unsuppressed, uncultivated—
The adornments are all that arises as undirected play,
And there is meditation in what is unpractised, effortless.
When this becomes an unbroken experience,
Luminosity by day and night, an unceasing cycle,
Delusory appearances of saṃsāra, ungrasped, fade.
A la la! How crazy this, the unfixating mind!

Darkness is dispelled when seeing unmistaken reality;
The light of wisdom expands in its unlimited scope;
And you are constantly cheered by unchanging bliss.
You feel the natural incandescence of unbounded compassion
Towards sentient beings subjected to unnecessary sorrow.
All the riches of the victorious ones of unending splendour
Appear in the palm of your hand with unforced spontaneity.
Without halting the waves of the ocean, unstoppable mind,
Primordial wisdom dawns in uncompelled naturalness.
This is a special feature of this, the unstrenuous path.

Through this dharma bequest of the undying Padma
And his lineage heirs, a legacy of unequalled love,
The fortunate beneficiaries of unrepayable kindness
Will ascend the precious stairway of the unwearying path
And thereby, swiftly and easily in an untroubled manner,
Reach the supreme destination of the unsurpassable state.
A la la ho!

Jampal Dorje wrote this on the second day of the second month in the Iron Tiger year.[3]

| Translated by Adam Pearcey, 2026.

Bibliography

Tibetan Edition

'ju mi pham ʼjam dbyangs rnam rgyal rgya mtsho. "sems don gdams ngag." In gsung 'bum mi pham rgya mtsho. [Gangs can rig gzhung dpe rnying myur skyobs lhan tshogs], 2007. Vol. 32: 477–479

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